ON: LEARNING TO TAKE A COMPLIMENT

They say we accept the love we think we deserve.

Dicen que aceptamos el amor que creemos merecer.

I’ve been thinking about this post for quite a while, loving yourself is not easy, but it is the most important thing you can do, and part of loving yourself is accepting who you are and your qualities and flaws and still embracing them.

I’ve struggled with self-love pretty much all my life, it’s still a struggle, but I’m not giving up, still, something I’ve never had trouble with, is accepting compliments, I like them, giving them and recieving them.

A couple of years ago, I made a vow to myself, that I would tell all my fellow women something nice every day, why? Cause sometimes that’s the only nice thing they’ll hear that day, even coming from themselves.

So I started complimenting all the women amongst me, whether I knew them or not, “hey, nice jeans!”, “love the necklace”, “you’re so beautiful”, “You have a great smile”, “You’re one of the smartest people I know and anyone would be lucky to have you for a partner”, and so on.

What I say? “Thank You!” as easy as that, I promise soon you’ll start believing these good things people tell you, you deserve those compliments, saying thank you does not make you self absorbed, conceited or egotistical, and it’s refreshing to have an answer like that.

Daniela Soriano has a Fashion and Textile Design degree from UAA, she graduated in 2014 and has worked as a Childrenswear designer, since March 2016 she created this blog to fulfill that need to create fashion and lifestyle related content, she’s previously been a collaborator for SONY’s Kalixta platform, as well as some other blogs, but it is with JUST LIKE HEAVEN that she’s decided to make it a full time job and take it to the next level.

Love this post so much! Thanks for getting so real with us! I definitely understand struggling with self love– I feel like I tend to spend more time beating myself up than appreciating myself. But I love your idea about complimenting other women often. Think people can really learn a thing or two from this post!! Thanks for sharing this 🙂

I love this!!!!
I often find that loving yourself is the most important thing you should learn in this day and age. It has become far too easy to be negative on ourselves than positive and its refreshing to read this today